Press Your Luck Ep 681
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00:00Today these three players are after big bucks, but they'll have to avoid the whammy, as they
00:29play the most exciting game of their lives. From Television City in Hollywood, it's time
00:35to Press Your Luck. And now, here's your host, the star of Press Your Luck, Peter Tamarkin.
00:44Hey, thank you very much. Thank you.
00:52Thank you, Ron Roddy. Hi, everybody. Welcome to Press Your Luck. We are television's most
00:57competitive game, but you know that by now, don't you? Of course you do. Let's meet the
01:01competitors looking for the big bucks, starting with our first player. Her name is Susan Hagel.
01:06How are you, Susan? I'm fine, thank you. How are you? I am fine. Susan, you look like you
01:11should be a star of some series of your own. No, I wish I was. Yeah, you do, huh? What
01:15do you do, Susan? I'm an insurance agent. Really? What kind of insurance? Auto, homeowners,
01:20all the basic stuff. All the basics. Uh-huh. You're looking for something to supplement
01:24the bucks you make by selling insurance, right? Right. You came to the right place,
01:28Susan. I hope so. Good luck. Thank you. All right. Our second player is our champ, Llewellyn
01:33Britt. I've had the dubious distinction of being our champion, but no bucks. No bucks.
01:38Today's the day. Today's the big day? Right. All right. I'm ready. Well, good luck to you.
01:43Good to have you back with us. Our third player, Kevin Moore. How are you doing, Kevin? Fine.
01:48How are you, Peter? I am fine, thanks. Kevin, you are from where? Detroit, Michigan. From
01:53Detroit. Michigan, excuse me. Motor City. Wait a minute. Kevin, what was your major
01:59in college? I was a rhetoric major. Rhetoric. Now, what is that exactly? I've never heard
02:03of that as a major. Public speaking communication. We deal with Aristotelian theory and all aspects.
02:09That's what all game shows are based on, Aristotelian theory, aren't they? Yeah. Yeah. Yeah, exactly.
02:14Or is it platonic? I don't know. It's Greek to me. In any event, back off. We're going
02:23to play this ridiculous game? Yeah, I'm ready. Make some ridiculous money? Yes. All right,
02:26gang, let's do it. Give me a buzz and answer, three spins, multiple choice answer, one spin.
02:32Here's the first question. In a recent survey by Psychology Today magazine, of every five
02:39women who have been divorced and have remarried, how many admit they are still intensely angry
02:44at their ex-husband? Kevin? Three. Is it three, two, or four, Susan? Three. Three. What do
02:51you think, Laura? I'd say three. We're still mad, say two out of five remarried divorcees.
02:58What is it that's inside jumping beans that make them jump? Kevin? Worms. Is it worms,
03:06water, or static electricity, Susan? Water. Water. What do you think, Llewellyn? I'd say
03:13worms. Jumping beans jump because they have bugs or worms inside, or yuck, and that means
03:19Llewellyn gets a spin, seven, three. Yuck. Number three. Actor Paul Newman is considered
03:28a professional in what dangerous sport? Kevin? Auto racing. Is it auto racing, hockey, or
03:33polo, Susan? Auto racing. What is it, Llewellyn? Auto racing. Yeah, Paul Newman is a pro auto
03:37racer. Susan, a spin. Llewellyn to two, and Kevin to six. Last one, gang, tense up. What
03:45American city is also known as Gotham? Kevin? New York. Is it New York, Philadelphia, or
03:52Boston, Susan? New York. What do you think, Llewellyn? Yes, New York. You weren't too
03:58sure, huh, Susan? No. Well, Gotham is another name for New York City. Susan to two, Llewellyn
04:04to three, and Kevin to big nine. Bucks are coming your way. Read the back after these
04:07words. Stay with us. All right, we're back for some money. You want some money? Yeah.
04:22I figured that's why you're here. We have 50,000 plus dollars up there in cash and prizes
04:27and a few whammies here and there, but hopefully you can avoid them, right? How about a trip?
04:32Yeah. Want to hear from our Mouseketeer? Sure. You know who that is, the illustrious one
04:36himself. Rod. Hi, boys and girls. Here's a dream that could come true for one of today's
04:40contestants. Children of all ages will love six days in Florida's Magic Kingdom, Disney
04:45World, experiencing all the thrills and excitement of Walt Disney's Wonderful World. This is
04:50a trip with over $1,500. Nice trip. All right, gang, you want to win this round so you can
04:56play last in the final round. That's a distinct advantage. Four whammies is a distinct disadvantage
05:01because you'll be history, and you can pass your remaining spins during your turn if you
05:06are so desirous of that. Let's do a spins first. Susan? All right. Two spins. Here we
05:11go. Okay. Come on, come on. Money, money, money. Stop. Stop at 750 and a spin, Susan.
05:17First place, two spins. I'm going to go. Okay, let's go, let's go. We need some money. Stop.
05:23Stop at $300. $1,050. You have one spin left. The rest are passed. I'm going to go. Okay.
05:29Okay, let's go. Come on. How about a trip? How about a trip? Stop. Stop at $700. $1,750.
05:36Well done. Llewellyn, three spins. Okay, here we go. Come on, be there. Give me some good
05:42news. Stop. Stop at $300 and a spin. Second place, still three spins. One more good one.
05:48Give me a good one. Stop. Stop at $400. That's $700. You have two spins left. You can press
05:53your pass. No, no. I keep right on going. Come on. Give me some good ones. Be good ones.
05:57Be good ones. Stop. Stop at who wants to pace to $500 or $300 and a spin? I'll take $300
06:05and a spin. $1,000. You still have two spins. $750 left, Susan. All right. Come on there.
06:10Come on there. Give me some good news. Be there. Stop. Stop at $1,250. $1,250. First
06:16place by $500. You have one spin left, Llewellyn. You can press it or pass it. I'll pass it,
06:20please. It goes to Susan. You ready for it? That's okay. Here it comes. Come on. Come
06:24on. Come on. Big, big money, money, money, money. Stop. Stop at $1,250. $3,000, Susan.
06:31You were equal to the task. Let's see if you can hold on to first place. Kevin, big nine.
06:36Give me some big bucks. Big bucks. Stop. Stop. Now that I'm a star, I need makeup. Makeup.
06:45It's out of the system. Okay. Eight left, Kevin. Here we go. Give me some big bucks.
06:49Big bucks. Big bucks. Stop. Stop at $750 and a spin. Third place. Eight spins, Kevin.
06:55I'm going to press on. Give me some big bucks. Big bucks. I need big bucks. Stop. Stop at
07:01$1,250. Third place. Seven spins. Come on. Give me some big bucks. I need some big bucks.
07:08Stop. Stop at $1,250. Those are big bucks. $2,500. Second place. $500 left to Susan.
07:14Six spins. Peter, I'm going to pass. Six spins, Susan. That's okay. That's okay, Susan. Here
07:24we go. Stop at $1,000. $4,000. Five spins, Susan. Here we go. Stop at $750. $4,750.
07:41Four spins. Stop at $200 more. $4950. Trying to avoid the whammy. Three more left, Susan.
07:51Okay. Come on. We got to go. We got to go. Come on. Come on. Big bucks. Stop. Stop at $650.
07:58$5,600. Two spins left, Susan. Think you can avoid the whammy twice? Here we go. I'm going
08:04to do it. Okay. Come on. Let's go. Let's go. Big, big bucks. Let me stop. Stop at $300
08:09and a spin. $1,500. You got one more spin you have to take, Susan, and then we'll talk
08:14about the earned spin. Ready? Here we go. Okay. Come on. Come on. How about a trip?
08:19Stop. Stop at $750. Susan, you are tough. $6,650. Need I ask what you're going to do
08:26with that spin? Guess what, Kevin? A gift. Hopefully it's not the Trojan horse. $2,500.
08:33One spin. Here we go. Come on. Give me some big bucks. Stop. Stop at a whammy. I think
08:41you made Susan angry, Kevin. Zero dollars. Well, I'm going to give it to Susan. $6,650.
08:47Susan, you have first place with that. We'll be right back after these words. Don't go
08:51away.
08:52All right, Gay, a wild first round. We're into big bucks already. Are you ready for
09:18another round of questions? Yes. All right, I got it. You give me the answers, you'll
09:21get spins. According to a recent study, what color of clothing should you wear to raise
09:26your self-esteem? Kevin? Blue. Is it blue, red, or green, Susan? Red. What do you think,
09:33Luella? Red. They say you can raise your self-esteem by wearing red. Susan gets a spin.
09:38Luella gets a spin. All right, what's the name of the hotel Elvis Presley sang about
09:44located on Lonely Street? Kevin? Heartbreak. Is it Heartbreak Hotel, Hotel California,
09:50or Swank Hotel, Susan? Heartbreak. What do you think, Luella? Heartbreak. That famed
09:53place to stay is Heartbreak Hotel. Susan to two, Luella to two, Kevin to three. I've
10:01stayed there many a time myself. I get a lot of sympathy from this group. Patricia Kennedy
10:12was the sister of John F. Kennedy and the former wife of what late actor? Luella? Peter
10:17Lafford. Is it Peter Lafford, Peter Finch, or Peter Sellers, Susan? Peter Lafford. Who
10:22is it, Kevin? Peter Lafford. Patricia Kennedy was married to the late Peter Lafford. Susan
10:26to three, Luella to five, and Kevin to four. Last one, gang. Here we go. If your birthday
10:34is in February, your birthstone is amethyst. What color is an amethyst? Susan? Purple.
10:41Is it purple, green, or red, Luella? It's purple. What do you think it is, Kevin? Purple.
10:46Yeah, an amethyst is indeed purple. Susan to six, Luella to six, and Kevin to five.
10:51And you know what happens next? We're talking about Mighty Big Bucks, gang, with Big Boy.
10:57All right, gang. This is the big time. Big Bucks. You think you can handle Big Bucks?
11:12Yeah. You did okay with Media Bucks. I'm sure you can handle Big Bucks. There's 100,000
11:16plus bucks up there in cash and prizes. A few whammies here and there. Kevin's gotten
11:20two. Hopefully, that's enough for everyone. Susan was $66.50. You'll play last. You earned
11:26Kevin was zero bucks, two whammies, five spins. You're up first. Here we go. Come on, Big Bucks.
11:30How about a trip to New York or Australia? Stop. Stop at $1,500. Third place, four spins.
11:36Come on. You got to go, Peter. Give me some Big Bucks. Big Bucks are a trip. Stop. Stop
11:42and move on space to $500 a spin or $2,500? $2,500, Peter. $4,000, second place. Three
11:47spins, $2,650 less than Susan. I'm going to go. I'm going to press my luck. I'm going
11:52to press it. Big Bucks, stop. Stop and move on. Give me everything you got. I'll knock
11:58it out of the park. Kevin, we have to chat. Three whammies, no dollars, two spins. One
12:06more whammy, you'll be out of the game. We don't want that, but you have two spins. What
12:10do you want to do? I'm going to press it. Okay, here we go. Looking for some bucks.
12:13Big Bucks, no whammy. Big Bucks, I'm going to press my luck. Stop. Stop at $715 a spin.
12:19Two spins, third place. Kevin, still three whammies. Looking to lose a whammy. Big Bucks,
12:25stop. Stop at $2,500. You'll get back up. $3,250, second place, one spin, three whammies.
12:34About $3,400 less than Susan.
12:44Okay, if I pass... It goes to Susan if you pass it.
12:50Here, I'm going to pass. Pass is yours, Susan, but you don't take it yet. You can think
12:54about it for a minute while we go to Llewellyn with $2,250 and six spins. Here we go, Llewellyn.
12:59All right, all right. Let's have some Big Bucks and stop. Stop at $2,000, $4,250. You're
13:06now in second place, Llewellyn, five spins.
13:10Better go again. Let's get some Big Bucks. One, two, three, stop. Stop at $1,000 and
13:16a spin. $5,250, five spins. About $1,400 less than Susan.
13:22Better go one more time. All right, here we go, Llewellyn. One more time. Let's go. One,
13:26two, three, stop. Stop at $750. All right. And even $6,000, $650 less than Susan. You
13:33have four spins. Press or pass? I think I'll pass it to Susan. You're going to pass the
13:39spin? Pass it. Susan, everyone likes you. A lot of spins. Five you have to take. That's
13:44okay. If you spend your six round one, it turns you to Llewellyn's five. Come on, come
13:47on, come on. This is for everyone in the audience. Stop. Stop at $1,000 and a spin, $7650.
13:52Four spins to go, Susan. Okay, come on, come on. I see Australia. I want Australia. Stop.
13:59Stop at a big screen TV. Susan, that's worth $2,800. That takes you over to $10,000. Mark
14:05the $10,450. Three spins. Here we go. Let's go. Bring me luck. Bring me luck. Stop. Stop
14:11at $750 and a spin, $11,200. Two more spins you have to take, Susan. Here we go. I'm going.
14:19Let's go. All right, come on. Bring me luck, Wendy. Stop. Stop at $500. $11,700. One more
14:26spin you have to take. Are you ready for it? Okay. Here it comes. Come on, come on. Let's
14:33go, big box. Stop. Oh, no. It's coming to me now. I see financial disaster in your future.
14:46Oh, you know, Susan, really big deal. You have eight spins left. That's a ton. You ready?
14:54Here we go. Come on, come on. Let's go. Let's get some big, big money. Stop. Stop at $2,000
15:02or lose one lemmy. $2,000, you got it. Seven spins, third place. Let's go. Let's go. All
15:09right. Come on, come on, big, big box. Stop. Stop at $1,000 and a spin. $3,000. Still third
15:15place, still seven spins, Susan. Let's go. Come on, come on. I want Australia. Stop.
15:20Stop at $1,500 and a spin. $4,500. Second place, seven spins, Susan. $1,500 left for
15:25Llewellyn. Let's go. Let's go. Come on, come on, come on, come on. Stop. Stop at New York
15:29City. Susan, that trip's worth $2,130. That's $6630. $630 more than Llewellyn. First place,
15:38six spins. Press her a pass. Who would they go to? They'd go Llewellyn. I want to go.
15:45Okay. I want to go. Okay, come on, come on. We need some big, big money. Stop. Stop at
15:51$1,000 and a spin. $7630. Still six spins. $1630 more than Llewellyn. Press her a pass.
15:58I'm going to go. Here we go. All right, Susan. Let's go. Come on, come on. We need a trip.
16:13We need a trip. Stop. Stop at $500. $8130. Six spins, Susan. $2130 more than Llewellyn.
16:22Here we go. I feel lucky, Peter. Let's go. Come on, come on, come on. Stop at $750. $8880,
16:31Susan. You have four spins left. You have $2880 more than Llewellyn. Pass her. All right,
16:37Llewellyn. Four to you. Here we go. $6000. All right. All right. Let's be there. Let's
16:42be there. Give me big bucks. Big bucks. Big bucks. Stop. Stop at $750 and a spin. $6750.
16:48One spin and you're in. Three more you have to take. Okay. Okay. One, two, three. Stop.
16:54Stop at $700 and a spin. All right. All right. Let's get up there. $7450. Two more spins
16:58you have to take. Still second place. Come on, Australia. Australia. I'd love to go
17:03south. Stop. Stop at $1250. $8000. $700. $180 less than Susan. You have one more spin
17:10you must take, Llewellyn. One more spin. One more spin. One more spin. Stop. Stop at $2000
17:16or lose one whammy. You don't have the whammy. I'll take the $2000. You have $10700. You
17:20are in first place by about $1200. Two spins. You're going to pass the spins. Susan, they're
17:26yours. $8880. Here they are. One at a time, Susan. Second place. Here we go. Here we go.
17:32We need some big money. Come on. Come on. Big money. Stop. Stop at the Poconos. Susan,
17:38that trip to the Poconos is worth $2320. You have $11200. You have $500 more than Llewellyn.
17:46Avoid the whammy. You win the game. If you whammy, Llewellyn's the champ. Are you ready,
17:50Susan? Llewellyn. Big spin. Stop. Stop at $750 and a spin. Susan, it's not over. You
17:59have $11950. You have $1250 more than Llewellyn. You have one spin. $1250 more. You can press
18:06your luck or pass. Here we go. Susan and Llewellyn. Big spin. Stop at $750 and Susan,
18:24you get another $12,730. We'll come back and talk to you after these words. What a game.
18:38Oh, my God. This is great. Oh, my God. I can't believe it.
18:49We're back with today's Big Pressure. That winner, Susan, is worth $12,700. That's just
18:57one right way to tell you about where you're going, right? Oh, well, indeed, Peter. Susan,
19:01you won a holiday in the Poconos. We'll take you and your companion to round-trip coach
19:06from Los Angeles to the East Coast for a six-night vacation, full American plan, at the beautiful
19:11Poconos Gardens Lodge in the Poconos in Pennsylvania, with a private swimming pool and your own
19:16suite, gourmet dining, all sports facilities, and extravagant nightlife. Susan, you won
19:21a trip to New York. We'll fly a few of you around from Coach in Los Angeles to New York
19:26City for a six-night stay at the fabulous Eastside Hotel Lexington. You'll enjoy a lovely
19:31room with a beautiful view of Midtown Manhattan, and you'll be located near Top Fifth Avenue
19:34Shops Hotel Lexington in New York. Susan, those prizes total $4,450. Combined with the $8,250
19:42in cash you won, that gives you a grand total of $12,700. Congratulations. Well done, Susan.
19:49$4,700. All right. You get to come back and see if you can take some more money from us.
19:55Yeah. All right. Llewellyn, what can I tell you? You're a champion that's leaving, and
20:00you're not leaving with any money. No money. But I hope you're leaving with some fond memories.
20:04We certainly are. You've brought us great gifts. I thank you for being with us. I had
20:06a great time. All right. Kevin, we have some nice prizes for you as well. Thank you very
20:09much. Until next time, this is Peter Jemargin. Thanks for pressing your luck. Bye-bye.
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